I know I'm way behind in posts, but we've been travelling the past five days and I haven't been able to get to a computer. Here are some photos from Tokyo that I didn't post before. Tomorrow I should have some up from Kyoto and Nara.
First, some photos from my wanderings around the Ginza neighborhood while Momo was getting a haircut. Ginza is like 5th ave in New York.

If you can't speak the language, you can always get a hot can of coffee from a street vending mechine.

They're everywhere, just there on the street.

So are shrines (the red flags).

The shrine.

This is in "toy park", Tokyo's version of FAO Schwartz. This is a stand of Miffy dolls, in honor of my fat black cat.

This is Toy Park, 5 plus floors of toy mayhem.

The cabs here are fun colors.